Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	February 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Victor Fox

Cover Details

Characters	Samson
Genre	Super-hero
Pencils	Lou Fine
Inks	Lou Fine
Colors	? (photo)

13 page Samson story "The Giant Mystery Plane"

Characters	Samson; J. B. Reegan (villain, introduction)
Genre	Super-hero
Script	Will Eisner ?
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum
Reprinted	in Samson (Fox, 1940 series) #1 (Fall 1940)

6 page Flick Falcon story "The Power of the Slave-Giant's Goddess"

Characters	Flick Falcon; Martians; The slave-giants (villains, introduction)
Pencils	Don Rico
Inks	Don Rico

8 page Golden Knight story "The Golden Chalice"

Characters	The Golden Knight [Sir Richard of Warwick]; Kara (introduction, a wizard); Gotha (villain, introduction)
Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Grieg Chapian
Inks	Grieg Chapian

6 page Yank Wilson story "The Spy's Paintings of Peril"

Characters	Yank Wilson; Count Jorgka (villain, introduction)
Genre	War
Script	Jack Farr
Pencils	Jack Farr
Inks	Jack Farr
Letters	Jack Farr
Notes	Splash panel alleges New York City is destroyed... but no evidence of this in the story. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

2 page none text story "Presto Lane of the Planet Patrol"

Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Waldo Harrison (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Space Smith story "The Leopard Women of Venus"

Characters	Space Smith; Dianna; Leopard Women of Venus (villains, introduction); robot scientists of Venus (villains, introduction)
Synopsis	Diverted from their mission to Mars, Space Smith and Dianna are captured by the robot scientists of Venus who wish to turn Dianna into one of their Leopard Women.
Genre	Science Fiction
Script	Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Inks	Fletcher Hanks [as Hank Christy] (signed)
Letters	Fletcher Hanks
Notes	The first line of text reads: "Space" and Dianna are on their way to Mars for the purpose of destroying the great Martian central brain..........."
Reprinted	in You Shall Die by Your Own Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn]

5 page Captain Kidd story "[Determined to find Arndt Barrows..."

Characters	Captain Kidd; Negus (villain, introduction)
Script	Toni Blum ?
Pencils	Bill Bossert
Inks	Bill Bossert

4 page Captain Kidd story "Out to Lunch"

Characters	Captain Kidd
Script	Fred Schwab
Pencils	Fred Schwab
Inks	Fred Schwab
Letters	Fred Schwab
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-3-13.

6 page Stardust story "The Demon's Endeavor"

Characters	Stardust; The Demon (villain, introduction, death)
Genre	fantasy
Script	Fletcher Hanks
Pencils	Fletcher Hanks
Inks	Fletcher Hanks
Colors	Mike Okamoto ?
Letters	Fletcher Hanks

7 page Sub Saunders story "The Treasure of Coralla"

Characters	Sub Saunders; Peg (introduction); Poseida (villain, introduction)
Pencils	Henry Kiefer [as Karl Kief] (signed)
Inks	Henry Kiefer [as Kark Kief] (signed)